By Chuck Mitchelmore
Emerald Co-Sports Editor ■■
College wrestlers probably lead a more unusual hie dur
ing their season than do any other athletes. A wrestler once
told ns that his sport is the world’s second most intellectual
(only fencing, he claimed, requires more brainpower), hut
it wasn’t until we learned of the strenuous weight reduction
plans of these hoys that we became inclined to agree.
In gathering a few of the harrowing details, we were
invited by one of the wrestlers to “come along down the
tube with us. It’s really a sensation.”
However, after having watched some of these boys
systematically starve themselves for four or five days out
of the week, we suddenly lost courage.
Light Weights Difficult
The bigger men, we’re told, aren’t bothered too much by
the scales which loom like the last judgment each week.
However, the lighter boys have to slim off about five or
ten pounds before each match.
Each bracket represents the maximum weight that a
wrestler may be to compete in that division. Anyone under
123 pounds may wrestie in any weight class up to. and
through, unlimited. But when a man weighs in officially at
124. he must move on up to the 130-pound division or higher
to wrestle that day.
Exceptions are sometimes made in agreements between
coaches if both teams have men overweight, but no man
rrtav wrestle in conference matches if he is even an ounce j
or two over.
Some of the methods employed by the wrestlers in
meeting the scales five hours before their match probably
wouldn't appear very attractive to figure-watching co-eds,
but they usually bring results for the matmen.
The men figure on a two-to-three-pound loss each day I
between the weigh-ins before and after each workout. Run-j
ning laps and taking extra workouts aLo helps cut the figure.
Meals Varied
Of course the diet is trimmed in accordance with other
parts of the reduction plan. Typical meals range from very
light (a piece of toast or well-done hamburger) to nothing
at all. Liquids, with the exception of an occasional glass of
juice, are eliminated from the menu almost entirely.
When these standard procedures fail to net enough loss,
wrestlers may go hours without sleep (even more than
final week), chew hard candy or huge wads of gun and
spit as much as possible. These little things may total an
extra pound in the final analysis.
Just before the weigh-in* the men fight of last minute
gains in weight with vigorous rope jumping sessions and
perods in the steam baths.
Cycle Begins Again
But the big relief comes after the match, when these
masters of will power can eat normally for a couple days
before the whole cycle begins again.
Incidentally the more successful team of Oregon’s most
intellectual athletes (to our knowledge the Webfoots spon
sor no intercollegiate fencing squad) makes its final ap
pearance Saturday afternoon in Mac Court. The Duck
Frosh, unbeaten in college competition this season take
on the Portland YMCA at one o’clock in the year’s final
home wrestling match for either squad.
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Winning Rooks
To Meet Frosh
By Jack Wilson
Em»r»ld Sports Writer
The Oregon Frosh will try to
sever a 23-game winning skein
when they take on the Oregon
State college Rooks tonight and
tomorrow at 5:45. Friday’s game
is scheduled for Gill coliseum in
Corvallis, and the Ducklings and
Rooks will close their 15-game
season Saturday night in Mc
Arthur court.
Both games precede the Duck
Beaver varsity clashes.
The OSC youngsters haven’t
been whipped since early last
season, and they picked up their
thirteenth of this season in their
usual manner on Tuesday.
Their “usual manner” consists
of Forward Dave Gambee sail
ing in nearly half the Rook total.
The big boy hit for 25 in leading
his mates to Tuesday's 54-38 win
over North Salem high.
In addition to the agile Gam
bee. whose 252 points leads the
team, the Rooks have another ad
dition to the varsity’s collection
of cloud scrapers in 6' 8" Wayne
Moss, who collected 17 points in
the first Oregon-OSC freshman
encounter.
With Ken Nanson handling the
other forward Job and CJordy
Carrigan and Gary Haynes in
backcourt, the Rooks have a
well-balanced scoring machine
that the Ducklings have found
hai'd to stop.
The Frosh, however, can coun
ter with an equally potent start
ing crew. To match Gambee's
high-scoring habits, the Duck
lings have hook-shooting Paul
Tuchardt, who has 216 points for
a 16.6 average.
Mosir will get most of his com
petition for rebounds from huge
Hal Duffy, 6'6" center. At the
other forward, Dave Wannka has
finally found his shooting eye,
and he hit for 43 in the last two
game weekend series.
Coaches Alex Byler and Bar
ney Holland, substituting for
Don Kirsch while the regular
mentor puts his varsity baseball
charges through their pre-season
workouts, have little to choose
between three top guards. Wimp
Hastings, Bob Ayre and Wendy
Rasor have all proved their abil
ities to score and play aggres
sively on defense.
Two Oregon wins would give
the Ducklings an 8-7 season’s
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It’s James Kirchhoff’s job to look
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